Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "churchyard"

1. The Omen (1976)

R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner

Votes: 132,334 | Gross: $4.27M

2. The Wicker Man (1973)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.

Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland

Votes: 92,212 | Gross: $0.06M

3. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,262 | Gross: $62.30M

4. Straw Dogs (1971)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna

Votes: 64,480

5. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

PG | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 24,483

6. Welcome to Marwen (2018)

PG-13 | 116 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Steve Carell, Falk Hentschel, Matt O'Leary, Nikolai Witschl

Votes: 25,972 | Gross: $10.76M

7. First Reformed (2017)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric The Entertainer, Victoria Hill

Votes: 62,572 | Gross: $3.45M

8. The Wolf Man (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Claude Rains, Warren William, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 30,685

9. Benediction (2021)

PG-13 | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History

Legendary 20th century English war poet Siegfried Sassoon embarks on a life-long quest for personal salvation through his experiences with family, war, his writing, and destructive relationships. True salvation can only come from within.

Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Jack Lowden, Thom Ashley, Orlando Jopling, Christopher Naylor

Votes: 3,724

10. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

PG | 96 min | Horror

In 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame

Votes: 7,437

11. Blaze (2018)

R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.

Director: Ethan Hawke | Stars: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton, Charlie Sexton

Votes: 3,638 | Gross: $0.07M

12. Goodnight Mr Tom (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Family, War

A shy and quiet World War II evacuee is housed by a disgruntled old man, and they soon develop a close bond.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: John Thaw, Nick Robinson, Annabelle Apsion, Thomas Orange

Votes: 4,915

13. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page

Votes: 13,301 | Gross: $3.30M

14. The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)

G | 99 min | Family, Mystery, Fantasy

Two children befriend ghosts in a haunted mansion. To help the ghosts, they make a potion allowing time travel to the past. After becoming housekeepers, they return to the mansion's past and aid the dead children.

Director: Lionel Jeffries | Stars: Laurence Naismith, Graham Crowden, Dorothy Alison, Benjamin Smith

Votes: 1,696

15. Forbidden Games (1952)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.

Director: René Clément | Stars: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie

Votes: 13,096 | Gross: $0.01M

16. Killer Party (1986)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

In order to join a sorority, three friends go to a hazing party in an old house where a sadistic bloodthirsty demonic spirit is lying in wait.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Martin Hewitt, Ralph Seymour, Elaine Wilkes, Paul Bartel

Votes: 2,647 | Gross: $0.68M

17. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Romance

A free-spirited yet naive country girl is caught between her wealthy, manipulative "cousin" Alec and the handsome, educated farmer Angel Clare in this Victorian tragedy from novelist Thomas Hardy.

Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng, Oliver Milburn, John McEnery

Votes: 2,096

18. The Oblong Box (1969)

R | 96 min | Horror

Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.

Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Alister Williamson, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies

Votes: 3,925

19. Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961)

Approved | 87 min | Drama, Family

The remarkable veritable story of a terrier named Bobby and the enduring friendship he forges with a tenderhearted shepherd known simply as Old Jock---unbroken even by the kindly old man's death.

Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Alex Mackenzie, Duncan Macrae

Votes: 1,847

20. The Calling (I) (2000)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A woman is used as a pawn to bring to fruition the rule of the Antichrist.

Director: Richard Caesar | Stars: Laura Harris, Richard Lintern, Francis Magee, Alex Roe

Votes: 2,103

21. The Good Die Young (1954)

Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins

Votes: 1,504

22. Det skaldede spøgelse (1992)

75 min | Drama

11 y.o. Jasper's only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he's bullied by the vicar's son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.

Director: Brita Wielopolska | Stars: Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe, Jannie Faurschou, Søren Østergaard, Ove Sprogøe

Votes: 247

23. Bakhita (2009 TV Movie)

Biography

Bakhita is captured as a slave as a child, a Viennian man sees her. Many years later the man has returned to do business and recognizes her. After saving her, he takes her back to his home.... See full summary »

Director: Giacomo Campiotti | Stars: Teresa Acerbis, Ettore Bassi, Federica Bau, Sonia Bergamasco

Votes: 255

24. Violent Shit (1989)

Not Rated | 75 min | Horror

A demented, wicked, deformed, cannibalistic killer named K. The Butcher Shitter, escapes from the police and slaughters people in many gory, bloody ways.

Director: Andreas Schnaas | Stars: Andreas Schnaas, Gabi Bäzner, Wolfgang Hinz, Volker Mechter

Votes: 1,113

25. Challenge to Lassie (1949)

G | 76 min | Drama, Family

When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen

Votes: 665

26. Rapport till himlen (1994)

Drama

Victor is close to drowning. After the accident he can see the dead. There is a murderer loose in the town who kills young women. To enter heaven everyone has to write a report. In case of ... See full summary »

Stars: Johan Widerberg, Lina Englund, Stellan Skarsgård, Kjell Bergqvist

Votes: 639

27. Fakiren fra Bilbao (2004)

Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

When two children move into an old house with their mother they find magical mystery involving a lively spirit and a precious diamond.

Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Julie Zangenberg, Aksel Leth

Votes: 579

28. From Life (2018)

8 min | Short, Mystery

An amateur artist sketching in a churchyard has a series of encounters with a young woman, who we might come to believe is a ghost. In fact, the truth is stranger than that.

Director: Uli Meyer | Stars: Tom Ashley, John Clark, Emma Laird, Katharina Sellner

Votes: 88

29. Crimes of Passion: Tragedy in a Country Churchyard (2013 TV Movie)

93 min | Crime, Thriller

It's Christmas Eve, and the vicarage there is a sumptuous Christmas table waiting for the vicar and his guests, Puck and Bure and professor Einar Ekstedt. Then there's a knock on the door, ... See full summary »

Directors: Christian Eklöw, Christopher Panov | Stars: Tuva Novotny, Linus Wahlgren, Ola Rapace, Reuben Sallmander

Votes: 657

30. Davids bog (1996)

97 min | Thriller

Henrik and Jacob have just finished high school, but they can't get into university, so Jacob gets a job as a waiter and Henrik helps his uncle clear out a rich man's villa after the owner ... See full summary »

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Tomas Villum Jensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Camilla Overbye Roos, Torben Jensen

Votes: 142

31. Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jussi Vares goes in a small town to investigate a murder of young girl. This little goodloving town isn't as pure as it seems.

Director: Anders Engström | Stars: Antti Reini, Peter Franzén, Merja Larivaara, Markku Maalismaa

Votes: 945

32. Owzat (1997)

5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

It's Ghosts vs. Skeletons one night in a churchyard cricket match. At the outset, it appears that the Ghosts' pitcher will best all of the Skeleton's batters. That is until one dandy steps ... See full summary »

Directors: Mark Brierley, David Sproxton

Votes: 113

33. The Fascinating History of Cemeteries (2018)

5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

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Directors: Remus Buznea, Kyriaki Kyriakou | Star: Adrian Dannatt

34. Afmagt (1998)

50 min | Drama, Thriller

The remote, dark house hides a terrible secret. From the nursery a grammophone merrily churns out a happy summer song, but there is no child. Daniel died in an accident, and his mother is ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Schmidt | Stars: Puk Scharbau, Jens Jørn Spottag, Peter Mygind, Keijo Salmela

Votes: 38

35. Ben's Dare (2006)

19 min | Short, Drama

A group of young friends are playing in the Gloucestershire countryside in the summer of 1942 when one of them is given a dare, this dare will change there live's forever.

Director: Max Van De Banks | Stars: Dave Baldwin, Jonny Buck, Neal Farr, Jessie Keil

36. Black Sabbath (2000)

6 min | Short, Horror, Music

A montage of supernatural images of horror with a loose narrative function, to the soundtrack of Black Sabbath's self-titled song from their first album.

Director: James Rolfe | Stars: Joe Morrotto, James Rolfe

37. Assistens kirkegården (2003)

22 min | Documentary, History

A two-episode guide to the historical cemetery Assistens Kirkegård in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Stars: Flemming Tschuriloff, Marianne Linnée Nielsen, Jens Møller Andersen, Finn Ploug

38. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Northanger Abbey (1987)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama

Catherine Morland is a young woman who enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She is invited to Bath by a family friend, Mrs. Allen, and there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor. Upon ... See full summary »

Director: Giles Foster | Stars: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers

Votes: 949

39. Beck (1997– )
Episode: Mannen med ikonerna (1997)

TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.

Director: Pelle Seth | Stars: Peter Haber, Stina Rautelin, Mikael Persbrandt, Figge Norling

Votes: 1,594

40. Poirot (1989–2013)
Episode: Taken at the Flood (2006)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, her brother who dominates her refuses to let her share it with her in-laws, so they enlist Poirot to prove her missing first husband might not be dead.

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: David Suchet, Jenny Agutter, Patrick Baladi, Eva Birthistle

Votes: 2,010

41. Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990)
Episode: The Case of the Late Pig: Part 1 (1989)

Not Rated | 54 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Campion attends the funeral of an old schoolmate whom he disliked but months later finds himself investigating the murder of someone who may be the same man.

Director: Robert Chetwyn | Stars: Peter Davison, Brian Glover, Moray Watson, Michael Gough

Votes: 108

42. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)
Episode: Digging for Dirt (1998)

TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An elderly woman ignores eviction notices for the condemned apartment building she lives in as she hopes to prove that it was not built to code.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan, Suzanne Maddock

Votes: 88

43. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: Job Satisfaction (1996)

TV-14 | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kavanagh faces the most complex case of his career: a man and his sister appear to have murdered their father, a farmer, and his second wife.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: John Thaw, Rosalind Bailey, Daisy Bates, Jelena Budimir

Votes: 82

44. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
Episode: Memento Mori (1998)

TV-MA | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Recovering after LIzzie's death, Kavanagh moves to a new home and gets back to work with a novice lawyer on the case of a doctor accused of murdering his wife.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: John Thaw, Daisy Bates, Marjorie Bland, Jill Brassington

Votes: 79

45. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: Stones of Destiny (1993)

TV-14 | 52 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Lovejoy accompanies Charlotte to Wales in search of a stolen Celtic cross that may have come from a coastal cave that served as a Medieval church.

Director: Jim Hill | Stars: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Caroline Langrishe, Diane Parish

Votes: 56

46. Lovejoy (1986–1994)
Episode: The Ring (1993)

TV-14 | 53 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Strapped for cash, Lovejoy recruits old time con artists Matron Jackie Gideon and Henry the Hearse Chaser to attend an auction where he is selling a painting by local artist Jessie Webb, ... See full summary »

Director: John Crome | Stars: Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury

Votes: 62

47. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: Ghosts of Christmas Past (2004)

TV-14 | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Nine years after Ferdy Villers killed himself, his family reunites for Christmas, unaware that someone is out for revenge.

Director: Renny Rye | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 1,121

48. Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)
Episode: The Tree of Death (2003)

TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The girls are restoring a churchyard and cemetery in time for a Medieval festival when an unpopular villager is murdered with an arrow through the chest.

Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Michael Cochrane, Victoria Scarborough

Votes: 224

49. A Touch of Frost (1992–2010)
Episode: Not with Kindness (1992)

TV-14 | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Frost investigates churchyard vandalism, a missing paper girl, and a harassed woman as copes with his sister-in-law's visit after his wife's death.

Director: David Reynolds | Stars: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, Tony Haygarth, Diane Bull

Votes: 432

50. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Bleak Midwinter (2007)

TV-14 | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The death of a woman in a munitions factory becomes linked with the murder of Milner's estranged wife as he falls under suspicion and Foyle strives to clear his name.

Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Kate Ambler, Gavin Brocker, Ann Beach, Sian Brooke

Votes: 621